hot fixes and error logs

[Debbi Geswell]

When I recently deleted a program from my control
panel/add remove programs, I noticed a list of 25 hot
fixes one specifically mentions my media player the
others are followed by a series of letters and numbers.
What are they, why do they appear and should I leave them
there?

Secondly I was investigating on my system in order to
find best way to access tech support. I ended up
discovering (Advanced System Information-Error Log). The
log begins on 3/4 and runs through 4/10. There are 4
pages of errors. There appear to be several errors
coming up over and over yet i have never made note of
seeing these messages pop up. What could they be and why
did the log only begin in March. I have owned the system
since last July. Has my system been jeopordized? The
errors listed either occur in Service Control Manager,
CI,DCOM, or Dr. Watson. (The IPSEC Service terminated
with the following error: A socket operation encountered
a dead network) (The IPSEC Services terminated with the
following error: The attemted operation is not supported
for the type of object referenced) (DCOM got error"%1055
attempting to start the service Imapiservice with
arguments"Service in order to run the server{520CCA63-
51A5-aaD3-9 144-00104BA11C5E} also ...{netman with
arguments{BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B 1D0-0080FC1270E} (COntent
Index on C:\systemvolumeinformation\catalog.wci could not
be initialized. Error 3221225529. These are the main
errors there are a couple from Dr Watson and 1
application error.

I do not understand why errors have become so abbundant
in the last 3 weeks. What should/can be done?

Pleas advise
Sincerely,
Deborah Geswell

 

[Kelly]

Hi Debbi,

Answer in part:

Some of the Hotfixes (Mostly security updates) do not have an uninstall
feature, these will not appear in the Add and Remove list. If a Hotfix does
appear in the Add and Remove list then it can be uninstalled just like any
other program.

If you uninstall the Hotfix, you will lose the benefits of that patch. This
should only be done if you can determine that you are experiencing negative
effects from the particular Hotfix.

If you simply do not want them to appear in the Add and Remove list and you
are sure that you will not need the uninstall option, you can remove items
from that list by using a registry tweak.

Automated Edit:

Remove Hotfixes from Add or Remove (Line 193)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Manual Edit: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall

Expand this branch and look at the list. The Hotfixes are all listed by a
"Q" number that corresponds to the entry in the Add and Remove list. Make
sure that you back up each Key before deleting it.

Select the key and then select File/Export and include the Q number in the
name of the file. Right click the entries you want to remove and select
Delete.